Method to improve pharmaceutical tablets having a matrix of cellulose ether
OwnerPieter De Haan, Cornelis Elisabeth Van Lareinventors
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Abstract
This invention provides for a packaged tablet, which tablet has a matrix consisting of at least 55% of a cellulose ether, whereby the tablet has a water activity of at most 0.6 and is packaged such as to delay moisture uptake by the tablet in order to decrease the vulnerability of the tablet to abrasion and attrition.
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A packaged tablet, which tablet has a matrix consisting of at least 55% of a cellulose ether, wherein the tablet has a water activity of at most 0.6 and is packaged such as to delay moisture uptake by the tablet.
A packaged tablet, which tablet has a matrix consisting of at least 55% of a cellulose ether, wherein the tablet has a water content of less than 9% w/w and is packaged such as to delay moisture uptake by the tablet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.